Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-06-26
A STREET FAIR.


taIDment Made Out.
Special Telegram TO The Sunday Re0iaG.
STEUBESymLE o., June 25.-It is de-
finitely settled that Steubenville is to have
a Street Fair. On last Wednesday after:
noon the committee appointed to examine
into the feasibility of such q venture re-
ported back to the Board of Improvement
in favor Of holding a fair on Wednesday
and Thursday, October 9th and 9th The
committee also reported the following pro-
gramme of exercises, all of which was I'M
animOusly adopted:
FIRST DAY.
Grand Street Parade at 10 o'clock, en-
bracing Trades Assemblies, manufacturers,
business interests, farm products, live
stock, fire department, military, societies,
etc.
2p. m.-Bicycle tournament.
3 D. m.-Boat race.
4 TO 5 .. m.-SlOw match horse race
with mules, no man to ride his own horse.
s p. m.-Free Public Entertainment at
Opera House and CARROTS Hall.
SECOND DAY.
ga. m.-Band Contest.
10 a m.-Wheelbarrow Races.
IL a. m.-Sack and Foot Races.
II m.-TakiDg the Biscuit Race. :.
l to 3 p. m.-Grand Prize Drill.
3 to 3 p. m-Awarding of Prizes and
Stock Exchange.
The Board of improvement then ap-
pointed committees on Finance, Advertis-
ing, Displays, Decorations, Awards, Trans
p~Ortation, Reception, Programme, Loca-
tons, Street Parade, &C., and George A.
Maxwell, Oscar Brashear and Roseman
Gardner, the committee who made the
above report, were unanimously selected
as a General Executive Committee. If
the proper effort is made, and there is no
doubt but that it will be made, this Street
Fair can be made a big success and the
interests of the city thereby materially
advanced.
In the death Of James Kelly, which oc-
Cured last Wednesday morning at his res
idence on Spring avenue, of asthma, n dis
ease from which he had suffered for some
time, Steubenville lost a citizen who was
we'll known and universally esteemed. The
deceased was sixty-two years of age, and
if it had not been for the impairment of
his constitution during the Val he wOuld
have reached a more advanced age. Mr..
Kelly first enlisted in the ID o. V. l., but
for some cause failed to meet his regiment
at Cincinnati. He then returned TO Steu-
benville and re-enlisted in Company II, lst
o. V. l., Capt. Prentiss commanding. and
served during the entire war. He was
captured by the rebels and confined in
Libby and Belle Isle prisons, which in
jured his health TO a considerable extent.
Mr.. Kelly was an eloquent speaker and a
of large experience, and on many &C.
c%asiOns, in his speeches in favor of the
rights of labor got the best Of many an ap-
~parently ADLER man. He was married in
1874 to Miss Mary Stafford, who bore him
six children, three Of whom, with his wife,
survive him: Mary Kelly, Mrs. r. f.
Spencer and W. J.. Kelly, all Of this city.
His funeral took place Wednesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, the pail bearers being
ID. W. Bell, b. F. PrOsser, ]. c. Ault,
Jas. NJ. Starr, Jas. s. Beans and 3. II.
Maxwell. Rev. Chapman, Of the First
Methodist Church, conducted the religious
services.
Mr.. Will Tappsn and Miss Sallie Bu-
chan on last Wednesday morning were mar
ried by Rev. r. w. Grange, Rector of st.
Paul's Episcopal Church, the ceremony
place at the Congregational Church.
George Blackburn, OF Boulder, Colorado,
is in the city, shaking hands with his old
Steubenville friends.
Mrs. Harvey Smith left for Mt. Pleasant
this county, Saturday morning, on q three
weeks visit to relatives and friends.
K. P. Tilney returned Friday evening
from a ten days trip through the West.
Mrs. Rev. ]. A. Thrapp and children are
the guests Of Mrs. Frank Ridgley, on West
Market street.